Video: Cristiano Ronaldo Eyes 1,000 Goals Before Retirement; Superstar Has Scored 899

Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored the 899th goal of his professional career on Tuesday for his Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr, says he wants to record 1,000 goals before retiring.

"Soon I will do 900, and after I will beat 1,000... I want to reach 1,000 goals," Ronaldo said on his official YouTube channel in an interview with former England national team star Rio Ferdinand (21:40 mark.)

The Portuguese star, who will turn 40 in February, said he believes he can accomplish the goal by age 41.

"If I [don't] have injuries, this is, for me, it's the most important," Ronaldo said. "I want that. I want that. For me, it's the best mark that I can have in football, is to reach, first, 900 goals.

"After, my challenge is to beat 1,000 goals, with one difference— all the goals that I score, they have video, so I can prove that."

Ronaldo scored goal No. 899 on Tuesday with a free kick during a win over Al Feiha that marked the 64th free-kick goal of his career.

It sounds like Ronaldo intends to score the 101 goals remaining between himself and the quadruple-digit mark for Portugal and for Al-Nassr, where he told Portuguese TV channel NOW on Tuesday he plans to retire.

"I don't know if I will retire soon, in two or three years, but probably I will retire here at Al-Nassr," Ronaldo said (h/t BBC's Sam Drury.)

Ronaldo confirmed in his interview with Ferdinand that he still saw himself as being some distance from retirement.

"The day that I start to feel that I'm not [producing] nothing, listen, I pack my bags and I go away," Ronaldo said. "But it's far from that."

Ronaldo will have the opportunity to score No. 900 when Al-Nassr returns to action on Sept. 13.